The Carnage Brought About By Man Benefits None

Our nation and the world itself are upside down given the events of the last twelve months, especially over these last several weeks. I’m not sure that I’ve witnessed a time in my life when we appeared to be spinning so out of control in so many ways.

The terrible war in Ukraine continues to rage on, as we continue to pour billions of dollars into it along with our NATO Allies, who have until recently stood by with us. We are headed into the winter months in Europe and although Russia has yet to make good on his boasts to conquer his adversaries to the south, the drop in temperatures will be sure to cause him concerns.

Ukraine on the other hand has dealt Putin a number of serious setbacks over the last couple of months. Those setbacks have certainly had a serious effect on his troop's morale, for there is something to be said for soldiers who have been entrenched thousands of miles away from their homeland, families and relatives in the dead of winter lying in the icy fields with little or no shelter or food.

There seems to be some unexplained delays in the NATO Alliance’s supply of the necessary armaments to help sustain the push made by the brave forces on the ground in Ukraine as they continue to mount an offensive push against the Russian invaders. 

Their nation has been pummeled by rockets, air attacks and artillery shells, destroying a great deal of their infrastructure, which may in fact be as much a problem for them and their families as winter approaches. The destruction of so much of their housing stock in many of their urban areas with the onslaught of winter ahead and an effort to destroy their infrastructure which has been seriously damaged is but another war being waged on innocent civilians.

All of this while the sovereign nation of Israel and its citizens have suffered some of the worst acts of genocide since the unspeakable acts carried out against them during the horrors of the Holocaust. Women and children were slaughtered during a peaceful concert on that Saturday, many of them captured and now held hostage by cowardly terrorists who came across the border between Gaza and Israel.

The world now waits, not for an onslaught of revenge from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), but for an effort to purge that area of those that would wage such an atrocious act of violence and depravity against innocents. This while the IDF patiently waits to have those innocent Palestinians evacuate this area which houses the animals which brought forth these terrible acts of violence.

The IDF could have unleashed its retribution from the air and leveled the area that housed these animals, but instead utilized precision munitions to take out some of the command-and-control centers where a portion of the terrorist cells took their command from.

I’ve been to Israel, we’ve done business in the country and their military personnel are some of the finest in the world. They have fought eight recognized conflicts, two Palestinian intifadas and a number of other uprisings, each time victorious against their invaders. 

As I sit here on Sunday evening, I pray this will come to a quick and just conclusion and that innocent citizens within Gaza heed the many warnings given to evacuate so as to limit the civilian casualties, as what is coming will be swift and necessary to ensure there will be no repeats of the terrible events of two weeks ago. I say this, hoping that those civilians realize that they are being used as shields by those that cower behind them knowing what is coming. Hamas cares nothing for these families, only to use them.

I also hope that idealogues in Iran not raise their heads out of the sand in an effort to incite more carnage and heartbreak in that area, for retribution will be swift and costly. Instead, all peoples of the area should recognize the historical significance of this spectacular area of the world to all of mankind and dedicate themselves to come together in peace rather than violence, but not mistake our desire to seek peace for that of weakness, for that would be a mistake.